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GenreAdventure & Sci-Fi
RatedPG-13
Runtime2 hr 7 mins
ReleasedJune 11, 1993
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorSteven Spielberg
StarringSam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
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Jurassic Park (1993)
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| Jurassic Park's Details | |
| Genre | Adventure & Sci-Fi |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 06/09/1993 (Uptown Theater); 06/11/1993 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 7 mins |
| Budget | $56–63M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Jurassic Park's Interests | |
| General | Amber, mosquitoes, electric fences, rippling cups of water, Jeep tours, Mr. DNA. |
| Music | John Williams. That main theme could make a parking lot feel majestic. |
| Movies | Jaws (1975). Spielberg's first big creature problem. |
| Television | Prehistoric Planet. Real dinosaur science, zero theme parks. |
| Heroes | Ian Malcolm. Leather jacket, chaos theory, called it from the helicopter. |
| Jurassic Park's Crew | |
| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Writers | Michael Crichton, David Koepp |
| Producers | Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Music | John Williams |
| Edited By | Michael Kahn |
| Production | Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment |
| Distributed By | Universal Pictures |
A billionaire builds a dinosaur zoo and hands the keys to one sweaty IT guy with a grudge. That’s the whole security plan. Richard Attenborough plays John Hammond like a kindly grandpa who never read the fine print on his own island, and Jeff Goldblum spends the movie being right in the most annoying way possible. The T. rex attack in the rain is still the scariest thing a cup of water has ever done, and the raptors in the kitchen still hold up. The real flaw: the kids’ scenes get shrill, and Sam Neill’s arc about not liking children is about as subtle as a Jeep falling out of a tree. It made $1.1 billion worldwide, and its dinosaurs look better than ones made decades later. A 9.3 because it’s a monster movie, a theme park ride and a warning label all at once. $602 says you check your glass of water for ripples the next time a truck rolls by.
What works: The T. rex in the rain, the raptors in the kitchen, Jeff Goldblum, and effects that still look real.
What doesn’t: The kids’ scenes get shrill, and Grant’s whole doesn’t-like-kids arc is obvious from his very first scene.
Who it’s for: Anyone who had a dinosaur phase as a kid and never fully grew out of it.
Spoilers
Nedry shuts down the park’s security to smuggle out embryos and doesn’t make it off the island. In the visitor center the T. rex crashes in and takes out the raptors right before they get our heroes, and the survivors fly away.
Billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has built a theme park on an island off Costa Rica, stocked with dinosaurs cloned from ancient DNA. Before it opens, his investors want experts to sign off. So he flies in paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and chaos theory mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), plus his grandkids Lex (Ariana Richards) and Tim (Joseph Mazzello). The tour is going great, mostly. Then a tropical storm rolls in. Steven Spielberg directs. One hundred twenty-seven minutes, objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
Anyone who spared no expense. Bring night vision goggles and a sturdy Jeep.
| Sam Neill | Alan Grant |
| Laura Dern | Ellie Sattler |
| Jeff Goldblum | Ian Malcolm |
| Richard Attenborough | John Hammond |
| Bob Peck | Robert Muldoon |
| Martin Ferrero | Donald Gennaro |
| B.D. Wong | Henry Wu |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Ray Arnold |
| Wayne Knight | Dennis Nedry |
| Joseph Mazzello | Tim Murphy |
| Ariana Richards | Lex Murphy |
| Jerry Molen | Doctor Harding |
| Miguel Sandoval | Juanito Rostagno |
| Cameron Thor | Lewis Dodgson |
| Whit Hertford | a boy |
| Jophery Brown | a dinosaur handler killed by a raptor |
| Richard Kiley | the voice of the Jurassic Park tour vehicle guide |
| Greg Burson | the voice of Mr. DNA |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $1.1B; Domestic box office $407.2M; Opening weekend $47M; Profit / loss (est.) +$462.3M; Rotten Tomatoes 91%; CinemaScore A; box office chart updated; RT 91% (204 reviews); Metacritic 68 / 100; CinemaScore A; IMDb users 8.2 / 10 (1,203,056 votes); movie.guru score 8.8.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.